# Why are you always late? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 21, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-always-late/942631 "2021-05-21T16:28:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-always-late/942631/261 "2021-05-25T17:28:50Z")
It’s “Divide everyone into two groups.” People who want to divide everyone into groups of two are called “monogamists.” ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-always-late/942631/262 "2021-05-25T17:30:25Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Well, @hajario responded to your hypothesis as I would, but I’ll fight the hypothetical and point out that staff meetings are unnecessary and a waste of time. The normal amount (number) of staff meetings is zero. Yes but _my_ meetings were critically important. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hakushon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hakushon/32/5503_2.png) [@Hakushon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakushon)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-always-late/942631/263 "2021-05-25T17:32:27Z")
Ha! Good one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hakushon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hakushon/32/5503_2.png) [@Hakushon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakushon)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-always-late/942631/264 "2021-05-25T17:40:17Z")
I’ve always liked Benchley. That’s probably why I was thinking of it. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-always-late/942631/265 "2021-05-25T17:46:11Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I’ll fight the hypothetical and point out that staff meetings are unnecessary and a waste of time. The normal amount (number) of staff meetings is zero. That’s not the usual meaning of normal. Staff meetings may well be unnecessary. But I can assure you they are very common. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-always-late/942631/266 "2021-05-25T18:31:03Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > That’s not the usual meaning of normal. Clearly he meant that the normal amount _should_ be zero. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-always-late/942631/267 "2021-05-25T18:35:22Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Staff meetings may well be unnecessary. But I can assure you they are very common. At one time I had a partner who freaking _loved_ staff meetings. When I bought out his interest in our business, the first change I made was no more staff meetings, ever. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-always-late/942631/268 "2021-05-25T18:40:09Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > I have no fucking idea. I would need a lot more information about them. What a ridiculous scenario. Usually people who say that mean a minute or two early. So when somebody says “I’ll be ready at seven” everyone is supposed to accept the literal meaning of those words. Exactly seven and no later. You will not be there a few minutes later than you said. But when somebody says “I’ll be there ten minutes early” everyone is supposed to understand that’s only a figurative estimate. You’ll actually be there a few minutes later than you said. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-always-late/942631/269 "2021-05-25T18:45:34Z")
I think habitually tardy folks come in a few different varieties, but the one quality they share is that they are poor judges of how long a task will take to accomplish. Like maybe they’ve never had occasion to look at a clock when starting or finishing a task. I know some tardy people that are ANYTHING BUT lazy or procrastinators. I’m reminded of my MIL. She is a model of constant industry and is always in motion, but yeah, she’s perpetually late. I remember one time we were running wayyy behind and had to go to the airport quickly or we’d miss a flight. We were all in the car waiting ready to go except my MIL. So my FIL ran in to the house to see what was delaying her. Turns out she was emptying waste baskets. Her indignant response: _“you don’t want to come back to a house with lots of housework waiting for you, do you?”_ ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-always-late/942631/270 "2021-05-25T19:00:32Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > So when somebody says “I’ll be ready at seven” everyone is supposed to accept the literal meaning of those words. Exactly seven and no later. You will not be there a few minutes later than you said. > > But when somebody says “I’ll be there ten minutes early” everyone is supposed to understand that’s only a figurative estimate. You’ll actually be there a few minutes later than you said. You’re really grasping at straws, bro. Obviously that’s not what I meant. Like your silly hypothetical, it’s a matter of context. It is a work meeting with a bunch of other people? Is it to make a flight? Is it hanging out at a bar to watch a baseball game? Is it tickets for an actual baseball game? Is it coming to my house to borrow a tool and I will be working in the yard all day? If you are trying to make an actual point, it escapes me. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-always-late/942631/271 "2021-05-25T19:23:44Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Yes, as a mostly punctual person (as the situation dictates), one of my main impetuses to be early to things like catching flights, doctors appointments, work, is to avoid the anxiety of running late. Yeah, it’s a funny thing. When I was young I used to be hyper-punctual. The half hour early to a party kind of guy. And it was frankly anxiety driven. Unfortunately or fortunately (take your pick 🙂), the older I’ve gotten the less anxious I’ve become. And hyper-punctuality for things not involving airline flights (I’m still slightly anxious about those) has gone out the window. I am not always late now, but I no longer care nearly as much about being strictly punctual. The punctuality Nazis probably wouldn’t find me too flaky overall, but I am now far more likely to be ten minutes late than a half hour early. To some extent I’ve started covering my bases by being slightly vague when it is socially permissible - ‘I can probably be there somewhere around 10:30ish’. I figure that gives me enough slop to get there between ~10:20 and 10:40 ( or more depending on what the circumstance is). And if I’m driving somewhere through SF Bay Area traffic, I get really vague. No way am I leaving my house an hour early just to account for the possibility of some freeway fender-bender. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-always-late/942631/272 "2021-05-25T19:36:26Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > I know some tardy people that are ANYTHING BUT lazy or procrastinators. I’m reminded of my MIL. She is a model of constant industry and is always in motion, but yeah, she’s perpetually late. I remember one time we were running wayyy behind and had to go to the airport quickly or we’d miss a flight. We were all in the car waiting ready to go except my MIL. So my FIL ran in to the house to see what was delaying her. Turns out she was emptying waste baskets. Her indignant response: _“you don’t want to come back to a house with lots of housework waiting for you, do you?”_ People have different opinions on what’s important. Some people think being punctual is the most important thing. Other people think keeping busy is the most important thing. The first person would be planning out when to go to a scheduled appointment and would think _“I’ll leave a half hour early to make sure I don’t get there late due to unexpected delays. If there are no unexpected delays, I’ll just be a half hour early. No problem. I’ll just wait for my appointment. The important thing is not being late. I am clearly morally superior to those people who are always showing up late.”_ The second person would be planning out when to go to a scheduled appointment and would think _“There’s no reason to leave a half hour early and then sit and wait doing nothing. You could be doing something useful in those thirty minutes. I’m going to keep busy right up to the time I need to leave. The important thing is getting stuff done. I am clearly morally superior to those people who are always looking for excuses to sit around and do nothing.”_ Conflicts arise when people fail to see that other people have different values. If you ascribe your values to other people, you will run into situations where you feel they are constantly doing something wrong - and know that what they are doing is wrong. The way to avoid these conflicts (especially when they involve family members) is to talk to the other person. Find out what their reasons are for doing things a different way than you do. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-always-late/942631/273 "2021-05-25T19:39:00Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > If you are trying to make an actual point, it escapes me. I sense you didn’t put much effort into it. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-always-late/942631/274 "2021-05-25T19:40:06Z")
> If you ascribe your values to other people, you will run into situations where you feel they are constantly doing something wrong - and know that what they are doing is wrong. I guess the Golden Rule has its limitations. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-always-late/942631/275 "2021-05-25T19:49:19Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > I guess the Golden Rule has its limitations. Yes, the variations of the Golden Rule express the principle of treating other people the way you would want them to treat you. The problem is that’s too narcistic. Other people do not necessarily want to be treated the same way you want. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-always-late/942631/276 "2021-05-25T19:49:57Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > It is a work meeting with a bunch of other people? One nice thing about working from home is that everyone is exactly on time for the vast majority of meetings. Because your computer goes “beep” so you click a button. If you need to finish up that last little bit of an email, you do that discretely at the start of the meeting. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-always-late/942631/277 "2021-05-25T19:56:18Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > One nice thing about working from home is that everyone is exactly on time for the vast majority of meetings. Because your computer goes “beep” so you click a button. If you need to finish up that last little bit of an email, you do that discretely at the start of the meeting. 😉 I retired in May of 2020 so I only had a couple of months of doing business during COVID. Since I worked in manufacturing, my teammates and I were mandated to work in the factory. I found that homebound project managers called more meetings than normal out of boredom. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-always-late/942631/278 "2021-05-25T19:59:56Z")
My team has instituted a weekly “coffee break”, which is a meeting solely to shoot the bull, and keep in touch as human beings. It’s the only meeting where we routinely turn on video, too. ---
**Author:** ![Delayed\_Reflex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/delayed_reflex/32/3172_2.png) [@Delayed\_Reflex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delayed_Reflex)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-always-late/942631/279 "2021-05-25T20:00:31Z")
Being late to this thread (ha ha), there is a lot to sort through but I’ve found the discussion very interesting. As a chronically late person myself, I really appreciate the contributions of @thorny_locust who mirrors my internal thought processes quite well, and also appreciate @Ulfreida 's empathy for those of us who struggle with this problem. > [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > For you latesters, what are your experiences and your feelings about being late to events that start promptly with or without you? Sports events, movies, weddings, etc. I have been late to all of these things, with varying results. For sports events and movies, I get a bit tiny annoyed at myself for being late but ultimately don’t care too much because usually I didn’t miss anything significant in the first few minutes of the event. I’ve been late to more than one wedding which causes me to feel momentarily embarrassed, but it did not appear to cause anyone else any distress (that they bothered to communicate to me anyway) and certainly didn’t cause any delay to the ceremonies. I do think one of the things that causes me to not value punctuality that much is that I feel the consequences of being late are generally fairly minor. Nevertheless, I do acknowledge that being late is disrespectful to whomever is kept waiting. I obviously don’t mean to be disrespectful, but a lot of people say racist things without meaning to be disrespectful and I recognize this is similar in some ways. Nevertheless, I do feel that the extreme value that some people place on punctuality is beyond reasonable and their projection of the intent of people who are late is misplaced. > [@TriPolar](#): > > That doesn’t matter. Don’t make a promise that you don’t care enough about to keep. This is not a tough problem, just don’t commit to do something at a certain time if you can’t be there… Nobody is making you do that, there’s nothing wrong with saying you don’t know what time you will be there or do that or whatever it is. > [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > It baffles me that anyone thinks there is a reasonable defence for not bothering to keep to your commitments. > > Doesn’t matter what your internal justifaction is, to me, if you agree on a time then any failure to keep to that time is incredibly rude and extremely disrespectful of other people. > > It is clear evidence that you are either deliberately untrustworthy, incompetent or thoughtless. > > Barring exceptional circumstances what reasonable reason is there for being late? One thing that I’d say regarding making commitments to be on time that you cannot keep - I think for many people who are late to things, they ARE keeping their commitments in their mind, because the concept of “on time” is a lot fuzzier for them. For some people, being 30 minutes late to an event is late, while for others, they perceive it as being on time. Thus if someone is consistently up to 30 minutes late for things, they may still see themselves as being on time and meeting their commitments, and would also have no problem if they are waiting 30 minutes for other people who are later than them. See some of the later posts about the cultural context of being on time. > [@pulykamell](#): > > There is also a cultural component to this, in high context vs low context cultures. There are a number of differences, which are summarized [here,](https://restaurantkyoto.dk/blog/en/high-context-and-low-context-cultures/#:~:text=In%20high%20context%20cultures%2C%20communication,therefore%20needs%20to%20be%20explicit.). One aspect is high context cultures tend to use a “polychronic perception of time while low context cultures us a monochronic perception. Monochronic people see time as tangible and sequential – it can be saved, spent, and so on. They make and adhere to strict deadlines and focus on one task at a time. Polychronic people see time as fluid. Punctuality and structure are not as important and deadlines are something to aim for not to meet at all costs. Similarly, polychronic people work with multiple tastes at once.” > > About 70% of the world is high context. I work a lot within the South Asian community and the community I deal with, at least, jokingly refers to their sense of time as “Indian standard time.” I also find, from personal experience, sense of time is more fluid in many Latin American and Hispanic cultures. > > For me, it depends on the event whether punctuality is important or not. I grew up with the clock (e.g. school schedules, work schedules, and the such) where punctuality is of utmost importance. I have never been late to school a day of my life; the most I’ve been late to work or a client meeting is ten minutes, and if I’m running late I immediately text or call the person if I can. Something like a party is more fluid. When I throw a party I expect almost noone to be on time. “Party starts at three means most people will arrive 3:30 - 4” with my friends and family. Other events, like getting to a doctor’s appointment at a given time or having someone pick you up at a specific time is more hardly defined. If I’m doing you a favor and ask you to return the favor by being ready at agreed-upon time, my wish is that you stick to your word. I won’t fault you as a bad human being if you don’t, and I probably won’t get too frustrated with you, but I may be less likely to do favors if this is a continued practice with you. This goes with the “don’t make a promise you can’t/don’t intend to keep” part of the habitual lateness. > > It’s all about context and expectations for me. In general, I prefer people to be punctual, but I’m not “line in the sand” about it. > [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > In reviewing this thread, I am reminded of the thread we had last year on “[whiteness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whiteness-chart-at-the-smithsoniam-museum/915636)” and in particular how one of the most contentious issues (the middle third of the thread or so) seemed to be on how bonkers (some people thought) it was that other people and maybe even cultures don’t, as a matter of course, consider punctuality to be a preeminent virtue. Thanks to the two of you for highlighting the cultural component of the importance of punctuality that not many of the time-sensitive posters have recognized. Certainly, growing up in an immigrant family, I found punctuality seemed significantly less important to people in my family compared to the average Canadian. I’m sure this has contributed to me not valuing punctuality and building habits that are hard to break. > [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > But here’s what I don’t get. They never seem to take any effort to correct it. If you are always 20 minutes late then get started 20 minutes before you plan to. Set a timer so you’re in the shower 10 minutes instead of your normal 30. Don’t pick that time to do a load of dishes or if they have to get done start earlier. > > I admit there are people that through disability cannot be on-time without support, whether extreme ADD, executive dysfunction, etc. But even then they seem reticent to change their system to be on time. For those who talk about anxiety, don’t you want to alleviate some of the stress by doing something different to try to be on time? > > And I think that’s where the next question is: Those who are habitually late to everything, why don’t you change your behavior to be on-time? Get started earlier. Set a timer. Make a schedule. Some here have answer that they don’t give an F about being on time, but for those that do, why do you continue to do the same things that cause you to be late to every thing? Being late feels like it’s pathological for me, because I actually constantly am trying things to help me be more punctual and for some reason my brain keeps fighting to work around these things. Clocks in my house run 20 minutes fast but it doesn’t take long for me to adapt to the offset time. Reminders in my calendar initially work but start to be dismissed, which becomes a difficult habit to break. Consciously starting to get ready to leave the house 30 minutes earlier than I want to just leads me to being ready to go 15 minutes early, which results in me thinking that I can fit in one more activity before leaving. It honestly feels like my brain is addicted to being late or something with how difficult it is to change behaviours to try to be more on time. Being on time feels as easy to me as I expect quitting smoking feels to a lot of smokers. If being on time just comes easily to you, I don’t think you understand how hard it is for others. > [@k9bfriender](#): > > So, to sum up, if you can’t commit to a time, then don’t. No one will be offended if you can’t, they will only be offended if you say you will and don’t follow through on what you said you would do. This is not true - there are definitely times that people won’t accept a non-committal answer. A lack of committing to a certain time also be construed as a lack of respect. If a friend wants you to visit and asks “What time do you want to come over?” and you respond “I’ve got a few things going on, so sometime between 1pm and midnight” - some people would take that to mean that visiting your friend is at the very bottom of your list of priorities and thus would take offense. My wife will often say something like “what time are we going to go grocery shopping?” and I’d respond “after we finish decluttering the closet” and she’ll want to know what time that is. She doesn’t like the idea of an open-ended timeslot for an activity where I don’t know how long something will take. Conversely, only committing to a time that’s really far out (say, 4 hours out when I think something will take 1 hour) will often lead to the activity dragging out to fill the full 4 hours. Giving a small buffer, say 1 hour 15 minutes if I think it will take an hour, sometimes works but sometimes fails when I greatly underestimate how long something takes (which is often). Another possibility is to drop whatever I’m doing when the time comes up which also leads to a loss of productivity when I’m in a groove, resulting in that original activity taking way longer to do overall than if I had just kept doing it and accepted being late. Honestly it seems like every option has downsides. Ironically, sometimes I feel like people who say “people who are late don’t respect other people’s time” themselves don’t respect the time of people who are late. They don’t care if being on time for something takes 1 hour more of your time than being 15 minutes late. > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > People have different opinions on what’s important. Some people think being punctual is the most important thing. Other people think keeping busy is the most important thing. > > The first person would be planning out when to go to a scheduled appointment and would think _“I’ll leave a half hour early to make sure I don’t get there late due to unexpected delays. If there are no unexpected delays, I’ll just be a half hour early. No problem. I’ll just wait for my appointment. The important thing is not being late. I am clearly morally superior to those people who are always showing up late.”_ > > The second person would be planning out when to go to a scheduled appointment and would think _“There’s no reason to leave a half hour early and then sit and wait doing nothing. You could be doing something useful in those thirty minutes. I’m going to keep busy right up to the time I need to leave. The important thing is getting stuff done. I am clearly morally superior to those people who are always looking for excuses to sit around and do nothing.”_ > > Conflicts arise when people fail to see that other people have different values. If you ascribe your values to other people, you will run into situations where you feel they are constantly doing something wrong - and know that what they are doing is wrong. Good post. I do find it funny that some people would be fine arriving 10 minutes early for something and waiting, but get annoyed at waiting 10 minutes after an appointment time. Shows that it’s not the actual waiting that annoys people, it’s whether they were expecting or in control of the waiting. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-always-late/942631/280 "2021-05-25T20:02:01Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > One nice thing about working from home is that everyone is exactly on time for the vast majority of meetings. And whether or not they’re wearing pants is entirely irrelevant 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-always-late/942631.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-always-late/942631.md?page=15)